Purushottam Patra, Gariaband. Devbhog police has solved the 4-year-old murder case in Dahigaon with the help of cyber cell. Police has arrested two persons in the case. On the night of 26 June 2020, there was a dispute between 22-year-old deceased Jhajketan, a resident of Dahigaon, and Deviram Pradhan, 51 years of age, of the same village, over a complaint of toddy sale. In the dispute, Deviram hit Jhajketan on the head with a stone, due to which he died on the spot. But the accused made it look like an accident.
In the case, Devbhog police station chief Gautam Gawade said on Sunday that the police have registered a case under the sections 302, 201(34) against Devisingh Pradhan, 51, and Hemsingh Rajak, 41, and are ready to send the accused behind bars.
Question raised on the action of the then police station in-charge of deceased Jhajketan
Initially, the accused and his associate Hemsingh Rajak made it look like an accident. Instead of informing Devbhog, he was directly taken to Dharmagarh Hospital in Odisha. Hemsingh told a false story and informed the police station, on which the police registered a case on 27 June 2020. Surprisingly, the then doctor Anju Sonwani had expressed the possibility of murder in the PM report and mentioned that the head was hit by a heavy object. Despite this, the then police station in-charge Harshvardhan Bais closed the case by covering it up by citing lack of evidence.
The father said that he used to threaten to send me to jail if I asked for justice
The deceased’s father Phoolchand Rajak said that though late, I finally got justice. The burden of raising the deceased’s widow and innocent son is also on Phoolchand. Phoolchand said that the murder was the talk of the town. But the police was not listening, despite my repeated requests, instead of giving me justice, the station in-charge threatened to send me to jail.
Inquiry regarding money transactions also started
The investigation has also revealed the matter of the previous transactions. The circumstances under which the agreement letter was made are also being investigated. It is reported that after the accused confirmed the transaction, the police have also summoned those who were involved in the transaction at that time. The police is investigating the role of the then officer in the case by summoning him to the police station.